I have been dealing with a long list of family curses during this season of life and God brought breakthrough today while I was reading in Ezekiel 36. The passage is addressed to Israel and it is God’s assurance of restoration. When I came across verse 26, I was floored. It reads, “And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.” I sat for a bit and ran through a conversation I had with a friend this afternoon about my family’s past, things that are within me because of it, and the life I want to life in Christ. I will be honest and say that I’ve carried around the sins of my parents and their hurts for years and it calloused my heart. It made me stubborn and unresponsive, unable to really receive the love of others. However, the Lord gave me this word today, “I did it for Israel, I will do it for you.” Come on! I was not created to live in bondage. I can live in the freedom that was bought by my daddy! I do not have to carry on the sins of my family. I can be everything that I want to be. Today is the beginning of healing, the beginning of a new future for me and my own family. My teacher told me recently that my children will drink from my well and I want it to be overflowing. :) Thank you Jesus! I pray that this brings hope to one of you guys! You were created for more
